Improvement in baling-presses



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S. STUOKY. Baling-Press.

No. 212,823. Patented Mar. 4, 1879.

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s STUOKY. Baling-Pres's.

No. 212.823 Patented Mar. 4, I879.

IJVV TORS .dttorneys STEPHEN STUCKY, OF LINGOLN, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,822, dated March 4,1879; application filed January 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S'rUoKY, of Lincoln, in the county ofTalladega, and in the State of Alabama, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Baling- Presses; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, making apart of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a cottonpress, to vbe operated by hydraulic pressure, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of my press with one side and one end doorthrown open. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3is a detail view of the pump used with my press.

A represents the ground-floor of a gin house, and B is the floor for thestory above, the gin being located to one side on this latter floor. Thetwo floors A B are connected by four vertical rods, 0, which form thecorner-posts of the press. To two of these rods, diagonally oppositeeach other, are hinged the side and end doors 5 but it is, of course,evident that, if desired, these doors maybe hung one on each rod.

When the doors D D are closed they form the bale-box, and are heldfirmly by means of interlocking bars E E.

On the floor A are firmly secured two plates, F F, placed a suitabledistance apart, and

' formedin their inneredges with central concavities, through whichpasses a cylinder, G, said cylinder being at its upper end provided withan exterior projecting flange, G, to rest upon said plates F F, thecylinder being thus suspended from the plates below the ground-floor ofthe gin-house, out of the way.

The cylinder Gis open at the top and closed at the bottom. Near thebottom it connects by a pipe, I, with a pump, H, and this pump connectsby a pipe, J, with a water tank or reservoir, K, the two pipes I and Jbeing provided, respectively, with suitable check-valves I and J.

The cylinder Gis, further, at the bottom provided with a stopcock, L, towhich a pipe is to be connected, to convey the water back to the tank K,or to any other desired place.

Within the cylinder G is placed a suitablypacked piston, M, upon whichrests a pistonrod, N, formed with a tenon, a, at each end. The uppertenon of this rod fits in a corresponding recess in the bottom of thefollower O, as shown in Fig.1.

Through slots 00 w in the plates F Fare passed bars P P--two at eachside of the press; and

the lower ends of the corresponding bars on the two sides are connectedby rods 0 I), as

shown in Fig. 2, which rods bear against the under sides of the platesF. I

The upper ends of the bars P are formed with eyes P, to receive the endsof crossbars R, which are secured on top of a block, B, said blockforming the top of the bale-box, and is inserted through an opening in.the top floor, B. The side doors, D D, are, on their inner sides,provided with vertical grooves d, with enlargements d at the top toreceive the bars P.

The construction of the pump H is shown in Fig. 3; but it is notnecessary to describe the same here, as I have made the same the subjectof a separate application.

The operation of my press is as follows: The doors D D are closed andfastened, as described, and the upper block, R, removed and laid to oneside on the upper floor, B. From the cotton-gin I conduct a chute to theopening in the floor B, which forms the top of the bale-box, so that thecotton will be blown or conveyed directly from the gin into the press.follower O is run down as far as the piston M in the cylinder G willpermit.

The cotton, being now deposited in the bale box, will be packed by anysuitable means until a sufficient quantity has been placed and packed inthe box. The block R is now put in place on top of the cotton, and theupper ends of the bars P sprung outward, so as to allow the eyes P toslip over the ends of the By this means the upper block,

cross-bars 1t.

It is, of course, understood that the R, is held rigidly and firmly inplace, and the strain is all transmitted to the bottom plates, F F.

By means of the pump H, which may be operated by hand or other power,water is pumped into the cylinder Gr, raising the piston M, and with itthe follower O, compressing the cotton to the required size. 7

When the bale has attained the proper size, all the doors are thrownopen, when the bale will be in open sight, to be tied and the bag gingsewed in the usual manner. By now opening the stop-cock L the water inthe cyl inder escapes, and the bale is released, so as to be taken away,when the operation may be .again repeated.

It will be seen that the pump and connectin g-pipes are on the samelevel with the lower end of-the suspended cylinder; hence, by sucharrangement the use of bent pipes is obviated, and less friction ofwater and more power are attained.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by I Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in acotton-press, of the cylinder G, suspended fromthe bottom plates, F'F, the piston M, rod N, and follower O, with thepump and connecting-pipes, with checkvalves on the same level with thelower end In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this 6th day of March, 1878.

STEPHEN STUOKY.

Witnesses:

J. M. MASON, FRANK GAL'l.

